James Dougal Adrianus van Hoften, born June 11, 1944 in Fresno, California is a veteran of two space shuttle flights. He received a PhD in Hydraulic Engineering from Colorado State University and did two tours in Southeast Asia where he flew over 60 combat missions.
He was selected as an astronaut in January 1978. His first mission was aboard Challenger (STS-41-C) as mission specialist in April 1984. He conducted two EVAs during the mission with fellow astronaut George Nelson, logging just over 10 hours in space.
His second and last mission was aboard Discovery (STS-51-I) as mission specialist August-September 1985, where he performed two more EVAs with William Fisher, logging almost 12 hours in space.
He retired from NASA in August 1986.
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